5 positions Broncos should target in 2019 NFL draft

5 positions Broncos should target in 2019 NFL draft

The Denver Broncos are on golf courses, family vacations or anywhere other than a football field while the NFL playoffs are taking place.

The season is over for the Broncos and while the team searches for its next head coach, speculation has already begun as to how the team will look next year and which players are going to be a part of it.

In today’s NFL, rosters turn over drastically from season to season. That’s just the nature of the game.

The Broncos have 14 players who are set to become unrestricted free agents this offseason and it’s all but a guarantee that some of them, as well as some other players on the team, will be playing elsewhere next season.

So how do the Broncos retool this roster? The draft is a place where a team can transform a mediocre roster into one that is playoff caliber, much like the Indianapolis Colts did this year by drafting guys like Quentin Nelson and Darius Leonard.

The Broncos had a great draft in 2018 and following up with another in 2019 will get the team back on its familiar track of being a threat in the AFC.

Here are the positions the Broncos should target in April’s draft. You won’t see quarterback on this list and the explanation for that is here.

1. Offensive tackle

(Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

If the Broncos have one major focus with the roster this offseason, it should not be at quarterback, but at offensive line.

The offensive line is average at best (and that’s probably being nice) and has been for years.

Garett Bolles has struggled mightily in his first two years in the league and Jared Veldheer will be an unrestricted free agent. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to bring in another young tackle that could be an immediate starter and perhaps even push Bolles to the right side of the line.

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